Cut-off for cistern supply-pipes



(No Model.)

J. `STRASZER. Gut Off for Cistern Supply Pipes.I

Patented Oct. 19, 1880.'

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JOHN STBASZEB, OF MANCHESTER, MISSOURI.

CUT-OFF FOR CISTERN SUPPLY-4PIPES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,573, dated October 19, 1880.

Application tiled May 6, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN STRASZER, of Manchester, in the county ot' St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Out-O for Gistern Supply-Pipes, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple and durable device by means of which the rain-water iiowing through the rain-water conductors to the cistern may be cut ot't' and made to iiow in another direction when the cistern is full.

Figure l is a vertical sectional elevation of the device with the shoe closed so as to form a continuous pipe. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional elevation ot' the device with the shoe adjusted to intercept the flowing water and conduct it outside of the pipe.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents the upper section of the pipe cut away or scarfed, as shown at a, the lower edge of said upper section being crimped or pressed inward, as shown at b, so as to leave a little space between said end and lower section of pipe B, into which lower section, B, the upper section, A, enters for a short distance, and the two sections are riveted together at about their longitudinal centers by the rivets C C. The lower section, B, is cut away or scarfed at about half its diameter, as shown at b, so that when the two sections A B are connected they present a pipe or conductor having a nearly elliptical front opening, D. The said lower section, B, is also crimped or pressed, as shown at c, so as to tit against the upper section, A, and form a tight joint. E is the curved or scoop-shaped shoe,

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provided with longitudinal slots f, which shoe E is set over the opening D, its slotted edges entering between the sections A B, and is held in place adjustably by the rivets C O, that pass through its slotsf, so that said shoe E, when closed over the opening D, as shown in Fig. 1, constitutes, in combination with the sections A B, a continuous pipe through which the water may readily How to the cistern.

When the cistern is full and it is desirable to divert the water elsewhere, the said shoe E is pulled vertically upward the full length of the slotsf and then drawn forward and downward to the sloping position shown in Fig. 2, and is held in place by the engagement ot' its ring g with the hook or pin h, which projects from the front of the lower section, B. The lower or rear end of this shoe E being crimped or pressed, as shown at m, enters behind the crimped or pressed end b of section A, and thereby forms a tightjoint when the said scoop E is in the position shown in Fig. 2.

This device is cheap, simple, durable, and easily operated, is not liable to get out of order, and permits a free and unobstructed iiow of 'water to the cistern, when desired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- Acut-off constructed substantially as herein shown and described, consisting ot'scart'ed pipesections A B, the rivet O, and curved shoe E, provided with slots f f, as set forth.

JOHN STRASZER. Vitnesses R. C. TUNs'rALL, JAMES H. HALL, Jr. 

